2017 Westminster attack

The 2017 Westminster attack was a terrorist attack carried out by Islamic State sympathizer Khalid Masood in front of the Palace of Westminster in London, England on 22 March 2017. At 2:40 PM, Masood drove a gray Hyundai Tucson into a crowd of pedestrians on the bridge leading to the British parliament building at Westminster, mowing down people on the sidewalk; many of them were students from France, and one of the victims fell over the railings and into the Thames River, surviving the fall. Masood proceeded to exit the vehicle and enter the New Palace Yard, where he fatally stabbed constable Keith Palmer. Two plainclothes policeman shot Masood several times, and Masood died of his injuries at the scene. The attack left 3 dead (plus the perpetrator) and around 40 wounded, and it was the first major terrorist attack in London since the 7/7 attacks of 2005. After the attack, security was stepped up as the terror threat rose, and 8 people were arrested in regard to the attack. For a few hours, Abu Izzadeen was incorrectly named as the attacker, but it was confirmed that he was in prison at the time of the attack.